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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Providence Native Goes from Military to NY State Town Judge

Jessie Scheer, a 2000 Providence High School graduate, planned to be a career military officer when he enlisted in the United States Army following his high school graduation.

After basic training Scheer entered advanced training to become a combat engineer, a job that requires a lot of training.

Starks Named Sebree Principal

A little over a month after Superintendant James Kemp named Terry Starks the interim principal at Sebree Elementary, the Sebree Site Based Decision Making (SBDM) council announced on Monday that it had selected Starks to fill the position on a permanent basis.

Jim Gooch and Other Leaders Across the South Back Coal

During the recent meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference, state Rep. Jim Gooch joined with other state legislators from across the South in support of a resolution that calls on the federal government to reconsider new greenhouse gas standards as they pertain to fossil fuels.

“As the third-leading coal-producing state in the nation, Kentucky has a strong incentive to see these new standards changed,” said Rep. Gooch, who chairs the Kentucky House of Representatives’ Natural Resources and Environment Committee. “Otherwise, these changes will have a devastating effect on the coal industry, resulting in unnecessary hikes in electricity costs across the country and making Kentucky much less competitive economically.”